Historic American Building Survey of Launch Complex 9 & 10 North Side of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral Air Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Summary

HAER Documentation for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch COmplex 9 & 10. Canaveral Air Force Station was designed to support the Air Force's Navaho winged intercontinental missile program. Although the Navaho program was cancelled soon after completion of the complex, test flights continued until November 1958. Launch Pad 10 served as the site testing the Navaho, the Jason research rocket, and the Alpha Draco missile. Following the deactivation of the complex in 1959, most of the facilities were reused when Launch Complex 31 and 32 was constructed for the Minuteman missile program on the same site. Launch Complex 9 and 10 played a vital role in the missile research and development program because technology utilized in the Navaho, Jason, and Alpha Draco was later adapted for use in the Atlas, Redstone, Jupiter, and Thor missiles, all vitally important to both national defense and future space flight. As one of the first launch complexes constructed at Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex 9 and 10 also played a significant role in the future development of the Cape and the Cold War.

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cape Canaveral Space Force Station CRM Manager

Record Identifiers

FSMSF(s): 20083

HAER No.(s): FL-8-10

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